How to Capture Family History in a Book of My Things – Course Countdown: Day 5 – My Great-Grandfather’s Sewing Machine

Welcome to Day 5 of my countdown towards my online course Capturing Family History in a Book of My Things, which begins on January 16, 2022. Each day I am sharing a story about a family object, including tidbits of my process putting it together. I hope that’ll give you some ideas and inspire you to come up with your own stories. And of course I’d love it if you joined the course! [image error]

When I moved back to the States as a grad student in 1988, I took my great-grandfather’s sewing machine with me.

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